Biography
Coach Taps says: "Jacob is one of the top relief pitchers in the region and has a long list of accolades. Now a graduate student, we expect Jacob to continue being a fixture at the end of games."
2025:
2024: 2nd Team All-MAC Freedom … Appeared in 13 games, all of out of the bullpen … Posted a 1-0 record with 4 saves and an E.R.A. of 2.92 over 12.1 innings of work … Limited hitters to a tremendous .079 batting average against and a 1.14 WHIP … Led team in saves … Tied for 3rd in appearances … Earned the win in relief in a clean inning’s work, while collecting a strikeout in the 2nd game of a non-conference doubleheader vs. CCNY (2/11) … 1.1 innings of relief (0 H, R, 0 ER, K, 2 BB) vs. William Paterson (2/22) … 1.1 innings of scoreless relief (0 H, 3 K, 2 BB) vs. William Paterson (2/28) … Scoreless frame (0 H, 2 K, 0 BB) vs. No. 7 Denison (3/11) … Retired the only batter he faced vs. North Central (3/12) … Picked up a save (1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 K, BB) in the 2nd game of a MAC Freedom doubleheader vs. King’s (3/22) … Earned the save by striking out the only two batters he faced in a MAC Freedom contest vs. Delaware Valley (3/29) … Collected the save by striking out all three batters he faced in a MAC Freedom contest vs. DeSales (4/14) … Scoreless frame (0 H, 2 K, BB) in the 2nd game of a MAC Freedom doubleheader vs. FDU-Florham (4/22) … Picked up the save (0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 K, BB) in the 1st game of a doubleheader vs. Saint Joseph’s – Long Island (4/30).
2023: Appeared in 15 games, all out of the bullpen ... Had a 2-1 record with one save and a 3.20 E.R.A. to go along with 19 strikeouts over 19.2 innings ... Limited opponents to a .269 batting average ... Held the top earned run average out of the bullpen ... 2nd in saves ... 3rd in appearances ... Fired a scoreless inning (H, 3 K, BB) in the 2nd game of a doubleheader vs. CCNY (2/12) … 2.1 solid innings of relief (3 H, R, ER, 3 K, 0 BB) vs. William Paterson (2/19) … Picked up the save (1.1 IP, 2 H, R, ER, 0 K, 0 BB) vs. Rutgers-Newark (2/24) … Earned the win in relief (1.2 IP, H, 0 R, 0 K, BB) vs. No. 13/18 Denison (3/14) … 0.2 innings of relief (2 H, R, 0 ER, K, 0 BB) vs. Mt. St. Vincent (3/22) … Earned the win in relief (3.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 K, 0 BB) in the 2nd game of a MAC Freedom doubleheader vs. Delaware Valley (3/26) … Scoreless inning of relief (2 H, K, 0 BB) in the 2nd game of a MAC Freedom doubleheader vs. FDU-Florham (4/4) … 1.2 innings of scoreless relief (0 H, 4 K, BB) vs. Wesleyan (4/18) … 1.2 key scoreless innings of relief (0 H, 0 R, 2 K, 2 BB) in a MAC Freedom contest vs. Lycoming (4/23) … Pitched a scoreless inning of relief (H, 0 K, BB) in the 1st game of a MAC Freedom doubleheader vs. DeSales (4/27) … Was excellent in relief (1.1 IP, H, 0 R, K, 0 BB) vs. St. Joseph’s-L.I. (5/1) … 0.2 innings (2 H, 0 ER, 0 K, 0 BB) in a MAC Freedom Semifinal contest vs. Arcadia (5/6).
2022: 3rd Team ABCA All-Region ... 3rd Team d3baseball.com All-Region ... 2nd Team All-MAC Freedom ... Appeared in 18 games, all out of the bullpen ... Had an 0-2 record and a team-leading 8 saves with a 2.45 E.R.A. to go along with 31 strikeouts over 29.1 innings ... Limited hitters to a miniscule .208 batting average against, good for 2nd on the team ... Led the squad in WHIP (1.23) ... Tied for team lead in appearances ... 2nd on the team in E.R.A. ... Struck out the only batter he faced to seal the victory in the 1st game of a doubleheader vs. Mount Saint Vincent (2/12) … 2.2 innings of relief (2 H, R, 0 ER, 2 K, 0 BB) in the 2nd game of a doubleheader vs. Swarthmore (2/27) … Closed out a win with 2.2 innings (2 H, 0 R, 4 K, 0 BB) in the 2ndgame of a doubleheader vs. Old Westbury (3/11) … Had an inning of scoreless relief (0 H, 0 K, BB) vs. DeSales (3/18) … Was outstanding in-relief (6.2 IP, 5 H, R, ER, 4 K, 3 BB) in a tough luck loss in the 1st game of a doubleheader vs. DeSales (3/20) … Appeared in both ends of a doubleheader with 1.2 innings of relief (2 H, R, 0 R, 3 K, 0 BB) in game one and earned a save (1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, K, BB) in game two vs. Delaware Valley (3/27) … Credited with a save (2.2 IP, 2 H, R, ER, 5 K, 2 BB) vs. Rutgers-Newark (3/30) … Faced two hitters (0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 K, BB) to pick up the save vs. King’s (4/3) … Earned the save (2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 K, 0 BB) vs. No. 17/5 Arcadia (4/8) … Credited with the save (2.2 IP, 0 H, R, ER, 3 K, 2 BB) vs. NJCU (4/12) … Picked up the save (1.0 IP, H, 0 R, 0 K, BB) in the 1st game of a doubleheader vs. Wilkes (4/16) … Earned the save (1.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 K, BB) vs. Misericordia (4/22) … Picked up the save (1.0 IP, H, 0 R, 0 K, BB) in the 1st game of a doubleheader vs. FDU-Florham (4/30) … 0.2 innings of relief (0 H, 0 R, K, 0 BB) in the 3rd game of the MAC Freedom semifinal vs. Misericordia (5/9).
2021: Appeared in 10 games all out of the bullpen and posted a 3-0 record with one save and an ERA of 3.37 over 18 2/3 innings of work ... Held opposing hitters to a .284 batting average ... Tied for second on the team in saves ... Did not give up an earned run (1/3 IP, H, R, 0 K, 0 BB) in the 1st game of a MAC Freedom doubleheader vs. NR/#30 Misericordia (4/13) … Earned the win in relief (3 2/3 IP, 6 H, 2 R, ER, 7 K, 0 BB) in a MAC Freedom contest vs. King’s (4/15) … Three excellent innings (H, 0 R, 4 K, 0 BB) in the second game of a MAC Freedom contest vs. FDU-Florham (4/17) … Pitched in both games and collected a win (2 2/3 IP, H, 0 R, 5 K, 0 BB) in a MAC Freedom doubleheader sweep vs. NR/RV DeSales (4/24) … Got a pair of huge outs while picking up the victory (2/3 IP, H, 0 R, K, BB) in a MAC Freedom Semifinal clinching victory vs. NR/RV DeSales (5/10) … Earned the save (3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 K, 2 BB) in the first game of a MAC Freedom Championship Final doubleheader vs. NR/#30 Misericordia (5/16).
High School: Member of the National Math, Science, English, History, Music and Spanish Honor Societies … Student Council Treasurer … Played under Scott Berge & Stephen Myhren at Vernon High School where he was named captain … First Team NJAC All-Conference, Second Team All-NJ Herald and was a participant in the NJAC Underclass All-Star Game … During the summer he played for the NJ Rising Rebels under Tony Negrin … Attended various Diamond Nation tournaments as well as Bucknell, UConn, and Lehigh Team Camps.
Personal: Son of Richard & Denise Buurman … Has one sibling, sister named Kaitlyn … Majoring in Quantitative Finance … Picked Stevens because its great return on investment and its proximity to NYC … Favorite book & movie is A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness & Joker … Top MLB team and player is the New York Yankees & Jacob DeGrom … Enjoys playing ping pong, video games and hanging out with friends in his free time.
Summer Collegiate Baseball: Will be competing for the Jersey Pilots of the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League (ACBL) in summer 2023 ... Spent the summer of 2022 with the Vermont Lake Monsters of the highly competitive Futures League ... Competed for the Gamblers of the Atlantic Baseball Confederation Collegiate League (ABCCL) in summer 2021.
